Content of AuroraWatch UK API v1.0 stations file

[stevemarple]

The auroraplot Python library will be used for data processing. This arranges data by project, site, data type and channel. In our case data type is always magnetometer data so the important items to identify the magnetometers in use will be project and site. The station list must include:

• Station list
  • Station
    • Project (eg. AURORAWATCHNET, SAMNET)
    • Site (eg. LAN1)
    • Location
      • Place (eg. Lancaster, UK)
      • Latitude (N positive)
      • Longitude (E positive)
    • Data attribution
    • Copyright notice
    • License (eg. CC-BY-SA-NC 3,0).

Formatting may follow the convention used by GAIA, http://gaia-vxo.org. See http://calgary.canada.gaia-vxo.org/rest_xml/projects for an example.

[neilmorton]

I would consider splitting the station lookup by the id, i.e. awn_lan1, and that this continue to be the id used in the main API. The data relating to that ID can then be hooked from here.